WEST COOPER CEMETERY

Cooper Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan

All dates are BURIAL DATES, not death dates!

CR is abbreviation for: Cemetery Record

Information in [ ] and bolded was added by the typist.

The seven columns listed under each lot are: LOT # OWNER GRAVE # DATE OF BURIAL NAME NOTES RESIDENCE

1	REED, Daniel	1	Jun 14, 1936	Emeline REED	No Marker	Alamo
		2
		3	Oct 2, 1905	D. B. REED		Cooper
		4	Jul 30, 1909	Minnie SPANGLER	wife of W. A. SPANGLER	Cooper
		5	Jan 26, 1894	Baby SPANGLER	dau. of W. A. & M. SPANGLER	Cooper
		6	Jun 15, 1895	May REED		Cooper

2	ARMSTRONG, L. R.	1	Mar 14, 1865	Mrs. R. ARMSTRONG & girl infant	Cooper
				(both in one grave)
		3	Aug 18, 1866	Child	Male	Prairie Ronde
		4	Apr 5, 1896	L. R. ARMSTRONG		Otsego

3	CLINE, Jacob	1	Dec, 27, 1873	John CLINE	Soldier - Gov't. marker set 1956	Cooper
		2	Feb 12, 1889	Mrs. John CLINE	Mother - Marker	Texas
		3	Oct 7, 1928	Susan CASSIDY	No marker	Kalamazoo
		4	May 14, 1910	Mary A. WYMAN	Monument	Pine Grove
		5	Nov 9, 1917	John WYMAN	Monument	Kalamazoo
		6	Oct 28, 1925	Wm. WYMAN	No marker	Grand Rapids

4	SIMMONS, Samuel	1	Nov 15, 1897	Ida CAPRENTER (Carpenter??)	No marker	Kalamazoo
		2	Aug 1, 1913	Alice M. MIDGLEY	No marker	Kalamazoo
		3
		4	Aug 15, 1887	Samuel H. SIMMONS		Alamo
		5	Oct 27, 1884	Sarah SIMMONS		Alamo
		6	Oct 3, 1864	Lora SIMMONS		Alamo

5	SIMMONS, Isaac	1	Apr 9, 1882	Isaac SIMMONS		Cooper
		2	Jan 20, 1903	Polly M. SIMMONS		Cooper
		3
		4
		5
		6	May 13, 1869	Lottie	Child of Marvin SIMMONS	Cooper

6	MONROE, Sanford	1
		2	Nov 15, 1915	Sanford MONROE		Cooper
		3	Mar 6, 1922	Mida May MONROE		Cooper
		4	Jan 29,1 935	Ethel MONROE		Kalamazoo
		5	Jul 18, 1904	Harry Bruce MONROE		Cooper
		6	Oct 5, 1893	Harold	Child of Sanford MONROE	Cooper

7	THAYER, Cyrus	1	Apr 3, 1914	Cyrus THAYER		Cooper
		2	Jun 7, 1917	Adaline M. THAYER		Cooper
		3
		4			Taken up by monument
		5	May 13, 1950	Iva B. LILLIE		Kalamazoo

8	HART, George	1		Large tree
		2	Sep 15, 1896	George HART		Cooper
		3	Nov 7, 1897	Adaline HART		Coopert
		4
		5
		6	Mar 30, 1883	J. A. ALFORD		Iowa

9	MASON, G. N.	1	Oct 19, 1870	Jennie MASON		Cooper
		2	Feb 2, 1881	Ellen DeLano MASON		Cooper
		3
		4		Monument
		5	Jul 15, 1896	George N. MASON		Portage
		6

10	WOOD, E.	1	Apr 29, 1949	Ira N. THAYER		Kalamazoo
	THAYER, Ira N.	2	Feb 2, 1915	May W. THAYER		Cooper
		3	Aug 30, 1891	Ralph R. THAYER	Child	Cooper
		4	Dec 20, 1883	Charles L. THAYER	Child	Cooper
		5
		6	Mar 17, 1862	Calista WOOD		Cooper

11	THAYER, Wm.	1	Dec 31, 1890	Charles SMITH		Cooper
		2
		3	Sep 21, 1862	Wm. THAYER's child	Twin - no marker	Cooper
		4	Aug 31, 1862	Wm. THAYER's child	Twin - no marker	Cooper
		5		Chloe KENDALL	No marker - 2nd from south side
		6		Glory Ann	Child of Stephen KENDALL	Cooper

12	SMITH, IRA	1	Aug 25, 1886	Andulisa	Wife of Ira SMITH	Cooper
		2	Dec 26, 1889	Ira SMITH		Cooper
		3		Children of Ira SMITH	No marker	Cooper
		4		Children of Ira SMITH	No marker	Cooper
		5	May 31, 1872	Delevan BELL		Cooper
		6	Jan 2, 1873	J. Wm. BELL		Jackson

13	SKINNER, Wm.	1	Dec 16, 1846	Deborah SKINNER	Parent of Wm. SKINNER	Cooper
		2	1853	Henry SKINNER	Parent of Wm. SKINNER	Cooper
		3	Jul 5, 1885	Wm. SKINNER		Cooper
		4		Child		Cooper
		5	1844	Stephen SKINNER		Cooper
		6	1861	Alice Ann SKINNER		Cooper
		7	1854	Harriet SKINNER		Cooper
		8	1850	Hannah SKINNER		Cooper

14	GREGORY, M. K.	1		Salmon GREGORY		Cooper - North side
		2	Jan 13, 1843	Anner GREGORY		Cooper - North side
		3
		4
		5
		6		John GLEN	Alex GLEN's father - no marker	Cooper - South side

15	HICKS, Ellwry	1	Jan 30, 1871	Ellery HICKS	No marker	Cooper - North side
		2		Nancy HICKS	No marker	Cooper - 2nd from N. side
		3	1856	Orrin HICKS		Martin
		4	1856	Deroy	Son of Orrin HICKS	Martin
		5	Aug 23, 1865	Child of Asa NEWMAN	No marker	Cooper - 2nd from S. side
		6	Jan 25, 1878	Lorain HICKS		Athens - south side

16	SKINNER, Joseph	1	Jul 31, 1840	Jarvis SKINNER		Cooper
		2	Jun 2, 1844	John J. SKINNER		Cooper
		3	Oct 23, 1845	Nancy SKINNER		Cooper
		4	May 19, 1849	Marie SKINNER		Cooper
		5	Jun 2, 1843	* Jane E. SKINNER	*Re-interred from grave No. 4, Lot No. 15	Cooper
		6

17	SKINNER, Henry	1
		2
		3	Jan 23, 1895	Mrs. Henry SKINNER		Chicago
		4	Oct 25, 1887	Henry SKINNER		Chicago
		5		Child	No marker
		6	May 19, 1841	Celia Emma SKINNER		Chicago

18	HAKSTEAD
	Grave lost on South			Old Mr. HALSTEAD
	side of lot

19	REED, N. B.	1
		2	Dec 21, 1916	Wm. A. SPANGLER
		3	Apr 4, 1902	Mercy A. REED		Cooper
		4	Dec 11, 1892	N. B. REED, Sr.		Cooper
		5	Feb 21, 1892	Gzarina REED	Wife of N. B. REED, Sr.	Cooper
		6	Apr 29, 1873	Child of Daniel REED		Cooper

20	BLISS, Ormy	1	Apr 21, 1956	Emmet L. BLISS		Cooper Twp.
		2	Jan 20, 1954	Mary BLISS		Cooper
		3		Monument
		4	May 20, 1902	Ivan BLISS		Cooper
		5	Jun 20, 1930	Mary E. WILSON		Cooper
		6	Dec 8, 1890	Child of Emmett BLISS	No marker	Cooper
		6	Sep 2, 1863	George O. BLISS		Cooper
				The last two burials are evidently
				in one grave.

21	WILSON, Abiathar	1	Sep 17, 1876	Cora WILSON	No marker	Otsego
		2	Nov 9, 1877	Adaline WILSON	No marker	Kalamazoo
		3
		4	Deb 27, 1895	Abiathar WILSON		Alamo
		5	Jan 20, 1866	Harriet WILSON		Cooper
		6	Dec. 12, 1852	Phoebe Jane WILSON		Cooper

22	CARPENTER, Amos	1
		2	Jul 9, 1868	Frank	Child of Amos CAPRENTER (CARPENTER)	Cooper
		3	May 29, 1869	Stella CARPENTER		Cooper
		4	Jan 17, 1920	Amos CARPENTER		Plainwell
		5	Set 23, 1862	Lydia Ann CARPENTER		Cooper
		6	May 23, 1916	Rebecca CARPENTER

23	DOWNING, Charles	1	Nov 11, 1869	Baby Leigh		Cooper
		2	Feb 22, 1888	Ernest DOWNING		St. Paul, Minn.
		3	Jun 10, 1897	Sarah W. DOWNING	No marker	Plainwell
		4		Monument
		5	Jun 10, 1914	Charles DOWNONG		Grand Rapids

24	SKINNER, Ray L.	1	Jul 24, 1872	Charlie SKINNER	Infant	Cooper
		2	Jun 30, 1899	Child of Ben SKINNER	No marker	Kalamazoo
		3
		4	Feb 5, 1927	Alic SKINNER		Kalamazoo
		5	Aug 1, 1894	Rev. W. M. CAMPBELL		Bay View
		6	Apr 5, 1886	Elmire CAMPBELL		Dexter, Washtenaw Co.

25	BLISS, Mrs. J.O.	1	Apr 19, 1868	Jotham O. BLISS		Oshtemo
		2
		3	Feb 25, 1868	W. H. BLISS	1 yr. - son of J. O. BLISS	Oshtemo
		4	Dec 19, 1919	Ormy J. BLISS		Kalamazoo
		5	May 13, 1970	Ada BLISS		Kalamazoo
		6

26	MONROE, J. J.	1	Apr 22, 1884	DeForest MONROE		Cooper
		2	Apr 24, 1884	Marray MONROE	Marker - no date	Cooper
		3	Aug 17, 1886	Ella M. STREET		Cooper
		4		Monument
		5
		6	Jul 14, 1900	Carl E. MONROE		Cooper

27	SKINNER, H. W.	1
		2	Apr 1860	Child SKINNER		Cooper
		3	Aug 15, 1864	Child SKINNER	Infant	Cooper
		4	Dec 6, 1868	Caroline SKINNER		Cooper
		5	Nov 4, 1940	Elmire M. FISK		Kalamazoo
		6	Jan 2, 1926	Chas. H. FISK	Soldier	Kalamazoo

28	DRURY, Henry	1	Apr 20, 1960	Rose E. THAYER	Marker set 1960	Kalamazoo, Mich.
	THAYER, Rose - 1 grave North end	2
		3
		4	Feb 4, 1872	Mrs. Henry DRURY	No marker	Cooper
		5	Sep 12, 1880	Mrs. Henry DRURY	No marker	Cooper
		6	Nov 28, 1909	Henry DRURY	No marker	Alamo

29	PARMALEE, Jason	1	Feb 25, 1887	Child of Geo. ASHERDON	No marker	Cooper
		2	Jul 12, 1888	Child of Geo. ASHERDON	No marker	Cooper
		3	1889	Grace	Child of Chas. CLENDENNEN	Plainwell
		4	Aug 29, 1881	Charlie	Child of Chas. CLENDENNEN	Cooper
		5		Unknown child		Cooper
		6		Child of Jason PARMALEE	No marker	Cooper - Ex. South side

30	DeLANO, E. B.	1		Child of Jason PARMALEE	No marker	Cooper - Ex. North side
		2
		3
		4	Dec 26, 1875	Eliza DeLANO		Cooper
		5	Jul 19, 1871	E. B. DeLANO		Cooper
		6	Aug 26, 1848	Nancy DeLANO		Cooper

31	DeLANO, Nelson H.	1	May 17, 1874	Donn DeLANO		Cooper
		2		Unknown child's grave lost near north side	No marker
		3	Jul 25, 1910	Julia M. DeLANO		Cooper
		4		Monument
		5
		6	Jul 31, 1915	Nelson H. DeLANO		Cooper

32	EARL, Barney	1	Sep 30, 1851	Sarah EARL	Removed to Kalamazoo
	BRUNDAGE, Volney	2		Child of B. EARL	Removed to Kalamazoo
		3	Mar 28, 1872	Barney EARL	Removed to Kalamazoo

		1	Oct 16, 1929	David Earl(e) BRUNDAGE	Ashes	London, England
		2	Aug 31, 1967	Helen Sayles BRUNDAGE-MORSE	Ashes	Washington D. C.
		3	Aug 8, 1869	Mrs. DARROW	No marker	Alamo
		4	Sept 26, 1949	Carrie BRUNDAGE		LeMesa, Cal
		5		Mary DAVIS	No marker	Alamo
		6	Jan 2, 1928	Volney BRUNDAGE		Kalamazoo

33	BORDEN, John, Sr.	1	Jun 21, 1864	Elizabeth BORDEN		Cooper
		2	Jan 24, 1867	John BORDEN, Sr.	No marker	Climax
		3	Nov 23, 1871	Nancy S. BORDEN		Cooper
		4	Oct 24, 1874	Mrs. John BORDEN, Sr.	No marker	Kendall
		5	Apr 9, 1887	Mace S. BORDEN		Cooper (Ex. south side)
				NO VACANCIES

34	SKINNER, Joseph	1	Nov 22, 1885	Joseph SKINNER		Cooper
		2
		3		Monument
		4	May 12 1907	Sophia SKINNER	No marker
		5
				FIVE (5) GRAVE LOT

35	LILLIE, Silas (Nelson)	1	1852	Lucinda LILLIE		Kalamazoo
		2	Oct 16, 1863	Silas Nelson LILLIE		Kalamazoo
		3	Dec 20, 1863	Polly LILLIE	Mother of Joel LILLIE	Cooper
		4	Dec 7, 1851	Wm. TAYLOR		Cooper
		5	Jan 8, 1886	Joel LILLIE		Plainwell
				FIVE (5) GRAVE LOT

36	LILLIE, Joel	1	Mar 13, 1866	Hester LILLIE		Cooper
		2		Maria LILLIE	No marker	Cooper
		3		Infant	No marker	Cooper
		4	Feb 21, 1864	Mary A. LILLIE		Cooper
		5
				FIVE (5) GRAVE LOT

37	CRANE, Ira	1	May 28, 1865	Child of Ira CRANE's brother		Kalamazoo,
		2
		3
		4
		5	Jan 7, 1884	Annie E. G. CRANE		Pine Grove
		6	Sep 3, 1867	Child of I. CRANE	No marker	Cooper

38	WILSON, Wm. F.	1	Apr 15, 1910	William F. WILSON		Cooper
		2	Jan 20, 1911	Maria C. WILSON		Cooper
		3
		4		Monument
		5
		6

39	HALSTEAD, Justin	1	Dec 6, 1866	Amos TALLADA		Alamo
		2	Nov 17, 1871	George HALSTEAD		Cooper
		3		Ettie TALLADA	No marker
		4	Oct 27, 1891	Mrs. Elisa SOUSER	No marker	Otsego
		5	Dec 10, 1895	Charity HALSTEAD		Cooper
		6	Feb 1, 1898	Justin HALSTEAD		Otsego

40	SKINNER, Ben. J.	1
		2
		3	Nov 17, 1964	Anna W. FOX		Ada, Mich.
		4	Mar 23, 1943	Ben SKINNER
		5
		6	Dec 27, 1904	Ray L. SKINNER

41	NOBLE, Albert	1
	TRAVIS, Frank	2	Nov 26, 1937	Frank TRAVIS		Cooper
		3	Jun 13, 1948	Grace M. TRAVIS		Detroit
		4
		5	May 3, 1935	Anna NOBLE		Plainwell
		6	Feb 19, 1929	Albert NOBLE		Plainwell

42	EARL, Sanford	1	Apr 20, 1864	G. Ann EARL		Cooper
		2	Apr 21, 1864	David EARL		Cooper
		3	Mar 27, 1870	Edna E. EARL	Child of Sanford EARL	Cooper
		4	Dec 4, 1874	Sanford EARL		Cooper
		5	Mar 13, 1917	Elizabeth EARL
		6	Jul 15, 1928	Francis J. EARL		Cooper

43	ADAMS, Ezra C.	1	Dec 3, 1887	Dr. Ezra C. ADAMS		Plainwell
	Jan 11, 1943 Twp. board granted	2	Sep 4, 1900	Mary Chappell ADAMS		Cooper
	permit to A.S. Adams to pay $15.00	3	1862	Joy and Roy Adams	Twins	Cooper
	each for himself & wife, as they are	4	1863
	the last of family. $30.00 received	5	Apr 18, 1958	Allie S. ADAMS		Overland Park, Kansas
	Mar 5, 1943.	6	Feb 14, 1951	Alice L. ADAMS		Kansas

44	HOPKINS, C. C.	1	Sep 21, 1864	Child of John HOPKINS	No marker	Cooper
		2	Jul 22, 1865	Child of John HOPKINS	No marker	Cooper
		3	Jul 24, 1868	Child of John HOPKINS	Twin - No marker	Otsego
		4	Jul 26, 1868	Child of John HOPKINS	Twin - No marker	Otsego
		5	Apr 28, 1873	Child of John HOPKINS	No marker	Grand Rapids
		6

45	WILSON, Charles	1	Jul 26, 1924	Baby WILSON	No marker	Grand Rapids
		2	Apr 29, 1924	Julia A. WILSON	No marker	Martin
		3	Oct 19, 1922	George G. WILSON		Grand Rapids
		4	Apr 8, 1906	Maurice WILSON	No marker	Grand Rapids
		5	Jan 2, 1882	Mary WILSON		Petoskey
		6	Apr 7, 1877	James WILSON		Otsego

46	NEWEll, Mrs.	1
		2
		3	Nov 2, 1940	Edith D. BEDFORD		Evansville, Ind.
		4	Jun 25, 1880	Susan RUSSELL		Alamo
		5	Feb 12, 1864	Mary BELL		Cooper
		6		Tree

47	WILSON, John	1	Jan 30, 1855	John J. WILSON		Cooper
		2	Aug 19, 1861	Willie WILSON		Cooper
		3	Aug 5, 1871	Thomas WILSON		Cooper
		4	Apr 30, 1881	Walter WILSON		Cooper
		5	Nov 10, 1886	Catherine GODFREY-WILSON	Dau. of John GODFREY & Arminda JOHNSON	Cooper
		6	May 4, 1893	John WILSON	Husband of Catherine GODFREY	Cooper

48	PLATT, B. R.	1	Dec 6, 1878	Laura	Wife of Thos. BLAINE	Gaines, Kent Co.
		2	May 12, 1862	Fidelia HILL		Oshtemo
		3	Apr 16, 1861	Althea WADSWORTH		Cooper
		4		Blydenburg R. PLATT	No date on marker	Cooper
		5
		6

49	LAWRENCE, Wm. B.	1	Sep 1846	Infant	Dau. of Wm. B. & Lora LAWRENCE	Cooper
		2		Child of Mr. HERRICK	No marker	Indiana
		3	May 5, 1867	Mother of Mrs. Wm. B. LAWRENCE	No marker	Martin
		4	Mar 9, 1879	Lora LAWRENCE	No marker	Alamo
		5	Aug 28, 1879	Wm. B. LAWRENCE	No marker	Alamo
				FIVE (5) GRAVE LOT

50	LYMAN, J. S.	1
		2	Apr 15, 1928	Charles BOYD	No marker	Kalamazoo
		3	Mar 1, 1874	Lucy May	5 yrs. - Dau. of Charles B. & J. A. PALMER	Three Rivers
		4		Child	No marker	Cooper (S. side of lot)
		5		Child	No marker	Cooper (S. side of lot)
		6		Mrs. J. S. LYMAN	No marker	Cooper

51	ALLEN, Mrs. George	1	Mar 25, 1881	George ALLEN	No marker	Cooper
		2	May 15, 1894	Cora ALLEN	No marker	Cooper
		3	Feb 25, 1897	Mary ALLEN	No marker	Cooper
		4	Sep 6, 1927	Helen ALLEN	No marker	Benton Harbor
		5
		6		Alanson BEEBE	Marker, but no dates	Coopre - Ex. South side

52	TRANSIENT	1	Aug 31, 1881	Child of Jersey THOMAS	No marker	Cooper
		2	Aug 4, 1871	Geo. H.	1 yr. - child of Leander GRAHAM	Cooper
		3	Feb 22, 1867	Child of Mr. WARFIELD	No marker	Cooper
		4	Jan 30, 1867	Mr. COUSINS	No marker
		5		Mr. INMAN	No marker	Trowbridge - Ex. S. side
		6

53	BURROWS, Z.	1	Feb 7, 1888	Susan HOPKINS	No marker	Cooper - Ex. N. side
		2
		3
		4	Jun 17, 1865	Albert BURROWS	No marker	Cooper
		5	Mar 7, 1862	Nancy M. BURROWS		Cooper
		6	Sep 1, 1858	Lucy J. BURROWS		Cooper

54	YATES, Simeon	1
	By authority of the Prosecuting Atty	2		Son of Simeon YATES	No marker	Cooper
	of Kalamazoo Co. given Dec. 9, 1954	3		Simeon YATES	No marker	Cooper
	the unused portion of this lot may be	4
	used for burial purposes.	5
				FIVE (5) GRAVE LOT

55	SMITH, Wm. L.	1
		2
		3
		4	Jan 21, 1915	Hannah SMITH
		5	Apr 13, 1912	Wm. L. SMITH
		6	Aug 26, 1875	Jennie	Child of Wm. L. SMITH	Cooper

56	BURCHARD, Norman	1
		2
		3	May 22, 1904	Helen RICHARDS		Cooper
		4	May 7, 1886	Eliza BURCHARD		Cooper
		5		Monument
		6	Oct 24, 1882	Norman BURCHARD		Cooper

57	WENHAM, James	1	Jun 20, 1905	Infant of Albert WENHAM	No marker	Cooper
		2	Oct 30, 1931	Harriett WENHAM		Plainwell
		3		Monument
		4	Jun 10, 1923	James WENHAM	Soldier	Plainwell
		5	Dec 8, 1971	Bernnice J. VanESS	Marker	Alma
		6

58	STREET, John	1	Jul 16, 1877	Son of R. A. & L. MOORE		Cooper
		2		Child of R. A. & L. MOORE	No marker	Cooper
		3	Apr 1884	Child of R. A. & L. MOORE	No marker	Cooper
		4	Dec 20, 1904	Naomi SKINNER	Infant - No marker	Cooper - In front of monument
		5	Mar 15, 1888	Almire STREET		Cooper
		6	Sep 18, 1878	John STREET		Cooper

59	HUNTLEY, E. W.	1	Jun 20, 1879	Eliza J. HUNTLEY		Cooper
		2	Sep 23, 1898	Ezekel Warren HUNTLEY		Cooper
		3	Sep 29, 1882	Nellie	Child of Asher & Isabel HUNTLEY	Cooper
		4	Sep 26, 1931	Asher G. HUNTLEY	Soldier	Cooper
		5		?????
		6	Mar 31, 1890	Chauncey L. HUNTLEY		Cooper

60	MONROE, A. V.	1	Oct 16, 1883	A. V. MONROE		Cooper
		2	Oct 24, 1897	Mrs. A. V. MONROE		Cooper
		3		Monument
		4
		5	Jan 14, 1911	Josephine MONROE		Cooper
		6	May 14, 1879	Marcellus MONROE		Cooper - Ex. S. side

61	FERGUSON, James	1	Dec 2, 1877	Child of Chas. FERGUSON	No marker	Cooper - Ex. N. side
		2	Nov 3, 1931	Alice VanALSTINE		Kalamazoo
		3	Jan 11, 1905	Charles FERGUSON	No marker	Los Angeles, Cal.
		4	Apr 18, 1892	Sarah FERGUSON	No marker	Kalamazoo
		5	Jul 10, 1882	James FERGUSON		Cooper
		6	Apr 1863	Eliza Margaret FERGUSON		Cooper

62	WICKS, E. S.	1	Dec 19, 1906	E. P. DeYOE	Soldier	Cooper
		2	Apr 8, 1903	Margaret H. DeYOE		Cooper
		3
		4		Monument
		5	Dec 22, 1962	Ana B. HOARE		Cooper Twp.
		6	Feb 5, 1944	Edward N. HOARE		Cooper
				SMALL GRAVE OF INFANT ON SOUTH
				SIDE, NO MARKER

63	ROUNDY, George	1
		2	Sep 18, 1863	Cora Bell	Child of Geo. ROUNDY	Cooper
		3	Jul 28, 1865	Bertha May ROUNDY		Cooper
		4	Jan 13, 1868	George ROUNDY		Cooper
		5		Monument
		6	Oct 20, 1917	Esther C. BEARS	No marker	Grand Rapids

64	TYLER, I. N.	1	Jan 6, 1884	Lucy TYLER	No marker	Cooper - Ex. N. side
		2	Jul 15, 1961	Marion TYLER		Kalamazoo
		3	Jul 1, 1977	Edna TYLER
		4		Not enough room for a grave
		5	Jul 30, 1891	I. N. TYLER		Cooper
		6	1871	Gementha TYLER		Cooper
				FAMILY MARKER SET 1965

65	SIMMONS, Lemuel	1
		2
		3
		4
		5	Nov 30, 1871	Laura SIMMONS		Cooper
		6	Nov 26, 1871	Child of Lemuel SIMMONS		Cooper

66	LYMAN, Wm.	1		Child of Andrew MARTIN	No marker	Cooper
		2
		3
		4	Mar 11, 1874	Mary TUCKER	No marker	Kalamazoo
		5	Jan 12, 1859	Susan LYMAN		Cooper
		6	Sep 10, 1864	Wm. LYMAN		Cooper

67	HICKS, John	1		Child of John HICKS	No marker	Cooper
		2		Child of John HICKS	No marker	Cooper
		3		Child of John HICKS	No marker	Cooper
		4	Apr 5, 1869	2 children of D. E. & G. A. EARL		Cooper & Charlotte
		5		Melinda HICKS	No marker	Cooper
		6	Sep 2, 1867	John HICKS	No marker	Martin

68	BOYD, Samuel, Sr.	1	Nov 18, 1894	Mrs. Samuel BOYD, Jr.	No marker	Oshtemo
		2	Feb 20, 1885	Samuel BOYD, Jr.	No marker	Oshtemo
		3	Feb 2, 1868	Abigail BOYD		Cooper
		4	1851	Samuel BOYD, Sr.		Cooper
		5		Child of S. BOYD, Sr.	Marker, but no dates - Double grave	Cooper
		6		Child of S. BOYD, Sr.	Marker, but no dates - Double grave

69	PARSONS, Wm.	1	Jan 19, 1876	Lulu	Dau. of Geo. PARSONS	Plainwell
		2	Nov 24, 1899	Cora S. PARSONS		Kalamazoo
		3	Jan 15, 1878	Dorothy PARSONS		Plainwell
		4	Jan 19, 1918	George W. PARSONS
		5	1878	Lucretia PARSONS
		6	Nov 27, 1856	Wm. PARSONS		Cooper

70	DeLANO, Wm. S.	1	Jul 1853	Louisa G. DeLANO		Cooper
		2		Lydia DeLANO	Small child	Cooper
		3		W. DeLANO	Small child	Cooper
		4	Oct 26, 1874	Herman B. DeLANO		Cooper
		5	Mar 24, 1888	Hannah B. DeLANO		Cooper
		6	Feb 11, 1901	Wm. S. DeLANO	Over line on lot No. 71	Allegan
				Stephen B. DeLANO - Soldier
				Buried at Tuscombia, Ala.

71	CONEY, A. G.	1	Sep 18, 1909	Emily R. CONEY		Allegan
		2	Sep 10, 1870	Albert G. CONEY	Re-interred from VanBuren Co.
		3	Mar 12, 1908	Edward A. CONEY		Colorado
		4	Nov 3, 1856	Wm. B. CONEY	Child	Cooper
		5	Aug 29, 1855	Judson CONEY	Child	Cooper
		6	Jul 25, 1852	Lydia E. CONEY	Child	Cooper

72	MAPLE TREE - GOOD FOR 1/2 LOT

73	REED, N. B.	1
		2
		3	May 31, 1925	Napoleon B. REED	No marker	Kalamazoo
		4	May 11, 1892	Bertha REED	No marker	Otsego
		5	Feb 7, 1883	Mrs. N. B. REED	No marker	Plainwell
		6	Jan 3, 1876	Child of N. B. REED	No marker	Cooper - S. side

74	CLERK, Thomas O.	1	1848	Clarissa CLARK	Parent of T. O. CLARK - Re-interred from Kalamazoo
		2	1847	George CLARK	Parent of T. O. CLARK - Re-interred from Kalamazoo
		3	May 15, 1898	Alida L. CLARK		Comstock
		4	Jun 29, 1817	Thomas O. CLARK
		5
		6		Monument

75	STEARNS, Wilson	1
		2
		3	Oct 6, 1927	William STEARNS		Cooper
		4	Oct 26, 1923	Maria STEARNS		Cooper
		5	Dec 21, 1896	Wilson STEARNS	No marker	Allegan Co.
		6	Jan 5, 1894	Mrs. WIlson STEARNS	No marker	Cooper

76	TIFFT, S.V.	1	Oct 23, 1868	John TIFFT		Buffalo, N.Y. - Ex. N. side
		2	Apr 12, 1864	Chloe TIFFT		Alamo
		3	Dec 20, 1870	Harriet TIFFT		Trowbridge
		4	1857	Edward S. TIFFT	Child	Alamo
		5	Sep 8, 1868	Martha JOSLYN		Pine Grove
		6	Apr 10, 1877	Eugene TIFFT		Cooper
		7	Jan 5, 1895	S. V. TIFFT	No marker	Kalamazoo
		8	May 17, 1899	Abigail TIFFT	No marker	Cooper

77	HUNTLEY, A. W.	1
		2
		3	Sep 3, 1921	Addison W. HUNTLEY		Cooper
		4	Mar 14, 1927	Amelia HUNTLEY		Otsego
		5	May 23, 1873	Infant	Three (3) infants all buried in No. 5 & 6 graves.	Cooper
			Mar 2, 1875	Infant	Three (3) infants all buried in No. 5 & 6 graves.	Cooper
		6	May 4, 1876	Infant	Three (3) infants all buried in No. 5 & 6 graves.	Cooper

78	HUNTLEY, Hollis E.	1	Apr 18, 1876	Infant	Dau. of H. E. & M. E. HUNTLEY	Cooper
		2	Jan 15, 1879	Infant	Dau. of H. E. & M. E. HUNTLEY	Cooper
		3	Oct 25, 1908	Mary Etta HUNTLEY		Cooper
		4	Jun 24, 1904=5	Hollis E. HUNTLEY		Cooper
		5	Jun 2, 1940	Margaret	Dau. of Paul DOSTER	Allegan
		6	Jul 9, 1830	Infant of Ellen & Flenn FOSTER		Kalamazoo

79	NEWTON, A. W.	1	Apr 17, 1864	Wylie NEWTON	Child - All 3 children in one grave	Cooper
		1	Apr 17, 1864	Myrtie A. NEWTON	Child - All 3 children in one grave	Cooper
		1	Apr 17, 1864	Mary NEWTON	Child - All 3 children in one grave	Cooper
		2	Apr 19, 1920	Frank NEWTON		Alamo
		3	Dec 18, 1967	Mary E. NEWTON		Alamo Twp.
		4		Monument
		5	Apr 26, 1828	Jennie NEWTON		Alamo
		6	Aug 27, 1922	Bernard (Bernie) NEWTON		Alamo

80	MILLER, Alfred	1	Mar 11, 1896	Alfred MILLER		Zellwood, Fla.
		2	Feb 17, 192	Elizabeth MILLER		Cooper
		3		Monument
		4		Monument
		5	Feb 19, 1904	Marion L. GRAHAM		Cooper
		6

81	BALDWIN, William	1	Apr 4, 1876	Marie BALDWIN		Kalamazoo
		2	Sep 1876	Child of Flavius BALDWIN		Cooper
		3	Oct 8, 1919	Kate BALDWIN		Cooper
		4
		5		Monument
		6	May 29, 1923	Ernest BALDWIN		Detroit

82	CADY, S. P.	1	Jul 17, 1862	Thos. FROST	No marker - Re interred from Lot No. 81	Cooper
		2	Jan 1, 1905	Frank CADY		Lapeer
		3		Child of S. P. CADY	Re interred from Hastings	Hastings
		4	Jul 9, 1902	Adelbert CADY	No marker	Comstock
		5	Apr 18, 1909	Adelia CADY		Charleston

83	KENT, Amos	1	Mar 16, 1924	Viola KENT		Kalamazoo
		2
		3
		4	Apr 12, 1896	Lucretia KENT		Kalamazoo
		5		Monument
		6	Oct 5, 1876	Amos KENT		Cooper

84	ATHEY, Thomas	1	Jan 25, 1885	James ATHEY		Kalamazoo
		2	1852	Rebecca	Mother of Thomas ATHEY	Cooper - Next to tree
		3	May 9, 1892	Thomas W. ATHEY		Kalamazoo
		4	Apr 16, 1919	Adaline ATHEY		Cooper
		5
		6	Sep 23, 1883	Inez	Child of Wm. ATHE Y	Kalamazoo

85	MONROE, A. V.	1	Aug 22, 1849	Nehemiah NORTHROP		Cooper
		2	Apr 11, 1895	Clorinda HURD	Wife of N. NORTHROP	Kalamazoo
		3
		4	Nov 22, 1891	Edgar MONROE		Cooper
		5	Jun 14, 1867	Clorenda MOSS	Mother of A. V. MONROE	Cooper
		6	Feb 19, 1871	Dr. Senford MONROE	Father of A. V. MONROE	Cooper

86	JANES, Sterling	1	1852	Sterling JANES		Cooper
		2	Jun 4, 1880	Idocia JANES		Cooper
		3	Jun 30, 1886	Lucy SHERMAN		Martin
		4	1844	Joel L. JANES		Cooper
		5	Jan 3, 1898	Nathan JANES		Kalamazoo
				NO VACANCIES

87	SHERWOOD, Hulbert	1	Jun 23, 1900	Hulbert SHERWOOD		Cooper
		2	Mar 27, 1915	Anna M. SHERWOOD		Cooper
		3		Monument
		4		Monument
		5		Mrs. CRAWFORD	No marker	Cooper
		6		Mr. CRAWFORD	No marker	Cooper

88	SMITH, Lillie	1		Mrs. J. L. SMITH	No marker
		2	Jul 23, 1894	Lillie SMITH	No marker
		3
		4
		5

89	FINCH, Wm.	1	Jul 24, 1912	Lois F. FINCH		Plainwell
		2	Oct 14, 1897	Wm. T. FINCH		Plainwell
		3	Jun 29, 1871	Freddie J.	Child of Wm. FINCH	Cooper - In front of monument on West side
		4	Jan 24, 1952	Cora CLANCY	Ashes	Plainwell
		5	Jul 20, 1866	Eliza FINCH		Cooper

90	WOODARD, Jonathan	1
		2	Apr 11, 1877	Jonathan WOODARD		Kalamazoo
		3		Nancy WOODARD	No marker	Cooper
				TREE ON REMAINDER OF LOT

91	FERGUSON, Exra	1
		2
		3
		4	Dec 20, 1883	Clara FERGUSON	No marker	Plainwell
		5	Oct 5, 1894	Fannie E. FERGUSON	Mrs. C. E.	Plainwell
		6	Apr 20, 1874	Chas. E. FERGUSON		Cooper

92	WILSON, Shepherd	1
		2	Apr 27, 1904	James S. WILSON		Otsego
		3	Oct 8, 1894	Augusta K. WILSON		Cooper
		4	Nov 13, 1935	Nancy WILSON		Kalamazoo
		5	Sep 10, 1940	Charles S. WILSON		Kalamazoo
		6	Jun 23, 1892	Nellie WILSON		Cooper

93	GOODRICH, Thomas	1	Sep 21, 1870	Willie	Son of Chas. GOODRICH	Cooper
		2	1896	Ira GOODRICH		Kalamazoo
		3	Jun 6, 1932	Herbert E. BALDWIN	No marker
		4		Monument
		5	Jan 22, 1899	Thomas GOODRICH		Cooper
		6	Apr 26, 1891	Deborah GOODRICH	Wife of Thomas	Cooper

94	ADAMS, Clark	1	Jun 3, 1919	Charles Henry ADAMS		Grand Rapids
		2	Feb 15, 1928	Celia Jane ADAMS		Grand Rapids
		3	Dec 12, 1896	Ettie ROSE		Kalamazoo
		4	May 22, 1886	Fred H.	6 yrs. - Son of C. H. ADAMS	Otsego
		5	May 15, 1882	Cora ADAMS		Wayland
		6	Nov 8, 1866	Permelia ADAMS		Cooper

95	DUNHAM, S.	1	Jul 9, 1867	Amelia R. DUNHAM		Cooper - Ex. N. side
		2	Apr 14, 1885	Sarah DUNHAM		Cooper
		3	Jun 13, 1901	Albert S. DUNHAM		Cooper
		4	Dec 11, 1884	Mary T.	1 yr. - Dau of A. S. DUNHAM	Cooper
		5	Mar 21, 1888	Tirzah		Cooper
		6	Jun 6, 1877	Senaca DUNHAM		Cooper - Ex. S. side

96	SNYDER, Andrew	1
		2	Jul 17, 198	Andrew SNYDER		Cooper
		3	Oct 31, 1918	Mary C. SNYDER		Cooper
		4	May 14, 1888	Frank SNYDER		Cooper
		5	Jun 19, 1879	Anna Eliza SMITH	Mother of Mrs. SNY DER	Saranac
		6	Mar 12, 1870	Jacob HUFF	Father of Mrs. SNYDER	Cooper

97	NEWTON, Roswell	1	May 10, 1888	Roswell L. NEWTON		Cooper
		2	Jun 19, 1919	Orcelia P. NEWTON		Kalamazoo
		3	Jun 8, 1920	Addie NEWTON		Kalamazoo
		4		Monument
		5	Jun 20, 1899	Lillie B. NEWTON		Cooper
		6	Aug 9, 1891	Roena ALLEN		Cooper

98	WALKER, John	1	Mar 25, 1904	Octavia C. WALKER		Cooper
		2	FEb 21, 1878	John WALKER		Cooper
		3		Monument
		4	Mar 12, 1850	Phebe WALKER		Cooper
		5	Oct 26, 1846	Frances	1 yr. - Dau. of J. WALKER - Double Grave	Cooper
		6	Feb 3, 1850	Nancy	1 yr. - Dau. of J. WALKER - Double Grave	Cooper

99	STONEMAN, George	1	Feb 15, 1883	Ann Fewisn STONEMAN	First stone vault to be used in this cemetery.	Cooper
	NEWTON, Charles - South Haven	2
	Jan 1, 1934 paid $25.00 for the south	3
	1/2 lot.	4		STONEMAN Monument
		5	Jan 1, 1933	Charles NEWTON		South Haven
		6	Jul 16, 1943	Viola K. NEWTON		Kalamazoo

100	CLEAVER, Mrs.	1
		2
		3	Apr 21, 1879	Henry CLEAVER		Cooper
		4	Dec 11, 1865	Garrett CLEAVER		Cooper
		5		Son of Mr. TERRILL		Cooper
		6		Mr. TERRILL		Cooper

101	LEEPER, Cooley	1
		2
		3		Monument
		4	Jan 22, 1878	Lois C. LEEPER		Cooper
		5	Mar 18, 1920	Thomas C. LEEPER - Cooley		Cooper
		6

102	NORTON, Theron	1	1850	Emma	Child of Augustus NORTON	Cooper
		2	Sep 14, 1879	Willie	Child of Franklin & Emily BELL	Wayland
		3	Oct 7, 1886	Augustus NORTON - Mrs.	No marker	Plainwell
		4	Jun 24, 1894	Augustus NORTON
		5	Aug 26, 1881	Ploomy NORTON	Wife of Theron	Cooper
		6	Jul 23, 1872	Theron NORTON		Cooper

103	HART, Orrin	1	Sep 22, 1850	James L. JOHNSON		Cooper
		2	Aug 8, 1853	Mrs. James JOHNSON		Cooper
		3	Jul 12, 1856	Charles E. HART	6 mos.	Cooper
		4	Mar 22, 1898	LaFelte HART	No marker	Battle Creek
		5	Nov 7, 1881	Mrs. Joel LILLE	Marker reads: Joann, wife of Orrin HART	Plainwell
		6	Jun 1, 1858	Orrin HART		Cooper

104	INGERSON, Alonzo W.	1	1863	Mrs. E. JOHNSON		Cooper
		2
		3	May 1, 1892	A. W. INGERSON		Cooper
		4	Jul 14, 1865	Theodosie INGERSON		Cooper
		5		Children of A. W. INGERSON	Very small headstone, no dates
		6		H.R.I. & S.H.I.

The Cooper Township Board approved the transcription of their township cemeteries and the placement of them on the Internet. However, I am totally responsible for any errors. All corrections are encouraged and accepted.

Last Updated on 4/6/00
By Sherlene Belden
Email: sbelden@accn.org

WEST COOPER CEMETERY

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